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CFN patio doors, sangria, ken from the shop update

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WhatIsThisWatt · 27/10/2017 21:29

Hello all, most of you probably won’t know what I’m on about but for those of you that do, I feel that I owe you an explanation. A friend alerted me to a few threads where I’d been called a troll etc.

I’ve been through a very long process with NDN about the doors (which I had been told were going to be replaced/ wall reinstated etc)

I had also been told by my lawyer that all was fine.

The planning dept have been on my side, as per all previous threads.

This all seemed to be going ahead until I returned home to find half of my flat wall caved in.

I had to move out to stay with a friend. The whole thing has been a total nightmare and it is still not resolved. My wall has been partially fixed, the patio doors remain and no one has seen hide nor hair of NDN or the builders for months.

My flat is now uninhabitable for the foreseeable and there are legal implications, planning laws and listed building laws which all have to be agreed and adhered to before anything will be done, apparently.

This may be terribly outing but I am beyond caring. I was told not to post on here, however, the advice I received was second to none and so I thank you all for that.

My grandma has been unwell so I have been back and forth to Spain, seems like all is against me!

Sorry I disappeared for so long, but you can imagine how awful it has been, I’m in a better place now, so thought it was time to come back and let you know that I’m not some fantasist making up stories about doors 😂

Hope to see some familiar names on the thread!

OP posts:
WellThisIsShit · 17/11/2017 21:46

Oh Lordy OP, I’m so sorry it’s turned from breathtakingly annoying cheeky fuckery to upsetting and such a high impact disaster for you Sad

I so sorry your grandma has been ill, on top of everything else. It must have been so upsetting.

FlowersGinCake

itsmetree · 19/11/2017 10:41

Oh Watty! I’m so sorry to see this update and to read your clearly distraught messages, especially when you have been so upbeat in the past. It’s unbelievable that the CFN have done this then vanished. I can only imagine what a nightmare this is for you; the legal system is so slow and restricting in this country.

It will get sorted, but it will take a long time. Massive hugs for you and Abuelia. X

Collaborate · 19/11/2017 11:02

OP - most court documents can be served by post. the Land Registry title for nextdoor will state the owner's address for service. If it gets to court I imagine things will simply be posted to them at the LR address (probably next door). If they fail to respond, judgment in default, followed by a charging order over the property then an order for sale.

Mrsfucktrumpet · 07/12/2017 11:22

How are things watty ? I hope youvr managed to make some headway with ur house - especially on the run up to Christmas. I also hope span gran is keeping well xx

mummmy2017 · 14/12/2017 09:18

Happy Xmas I hope for you and yours.

gingergenius · 14/12/2017 21:34

Hope you're somewhere warm, safe and cosy for Christmas Watty. X

Castieldeansam · 14/12/2017 21:38

@watty I have been thinking about you and thanks to direction found this thread with update. So very sorry you are in this situation, I hope it gets resolved quicker than it currently is. Glad Supergran is on the mend. Hope you gave a good Christmas and am sure we will all be thinking of you and wishing you well.

flowergrrl77 · 14/12/2017 22:29

@WhatIsThisWatt I’ve been thinking of you occasionally... wondered how repairs were going, a completely different CF thread linked this! Oh no! Your poor flat! :(

I hope SpanGran is much improved now...

I hope you are someone pleasant for Xmas. I hope to one day hear that your courtyard is safely yours alone one day. With no collapsed walls or illegal doors!

All the best xxx

KichenDancefloor · 14/12/2017 22:52

Just another one checking in to wish you a peaceful and restful Christmas wherever you may be Watty.

I'm sure there's loads of us keeping this thread on our watch lists and hoping to hear good news from you in 2018 if not before. Xmas Smile

(I'm also hoping Vlad and Vanka will be along shortly to wish your hearty felicitations from their festive trip to the frozen steppes)

Jux · 14/12/2017 23:29

I was on all your earlier threads, and I’ve often thought of you since. There’ve been a few references to you here and there, and I’d gathered the situation hadn’t improved, but it never occurred to me that it had actually got worse. I’m so sorry, Wattyyy, and hope that your beautiful home is restored to you soon.

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 15/12/2017 01:53

Ho Watty - just been directed to this thread from the CF colleague's CFCF mother thread - so sorry to read about your wall collapsing! what UTTER arseholes the builders and NDNs are, for disappearing without trace rather than dealing with the shitstorm they've left you with Angry

Sorry to hear SpanGran has been unwell but hopefully she will go from strength to strength now - are you going over to see her for Christmas?

I'm so upset for you - I just can't imagine how awful it is to be driven out of your own home by the actions of wankers who bought the property next door! Hope they find them and eviscerate them for you.

Thanks Xmas Smile

yippyyappy · 15/12/2017 12:38

Only just seen this! Sad

mumdebump · 15/12/2017 21:39

Oh poor you Watty. That was not the update I’d been hoping for. Was on the original 10 threads but have only just caught this update thanks to Schaden’s Vlad & Vanka turning up on another CF post.
Watty, I’m so sorry to hear that things have got worse with the collapsed wall, disappearing CFNs, & poor SpanGran being unwell. Hope she is recovering well. FlowersFlowers for you both.

NewLove · 16/12/2017 00:59

Oh god Watty - just found the link to this update from another CF thread. I'd followed from the start and was so pleased you had a good outcome and for this to happen is just awful. I do hope you manage to track them down

SlummyMummy77 · 17/12/2017 18:52

I hope you get back into your home again soon x

Spudlet · 17/12/2017 22:34

I don’t think I ever posted on the other threads, but I read them making this face Shock How awful that it’s come to this! But thank goodness you were out when it happened, it must have been a simply awful thing to return home to, but if you’d been there the whole lot could have landed on you. I hope you’re getting thins gradually sorted out and that this is soon just a memory. Those fuckers!

BlooBagoo · 18/12/2017 10:21

Been away from MN for a few months but been thinking about this and was hoping when I saw an update it would be happy news. Gutted to hear about what's happened. Hoping SpanGran is better now and hope you're back home soon and CFNs can be traced. :(

amusedbush · 18/12/2017 10:34

I was a lurker on the original threads and this update is awful - what a nightmare! I really hope CFN are tracked down soon.

CraftyNestUK · 18/12/2017 18:58

I was lurking from the very beginning, checking for any updates as thought of this sporadically through the months. I’m hoping that your insurance company pays for the repairs then register a lien against CFN property. Hope it all works out. We’re all rooting for you. Updates please when you can! Pretty please

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ElephantsandTigers · 20/12/2017 16:19

@WhatIsThisWatt - hope your Gran is better and there has been positive progress.

MTBMummy · 21/12/2017 16:15

I lurked on the other threads - but missed this one popping up - so glad you're ok Watt

I hope Span Gran is on the mend, her Sangria has become a regular feature at our neighbourhood get togethers (which have become a lot more chilled since it's introduction)

Hope you have a wonderful Christmas x

fizzandchips · 26/12/2017 00:23

Watty - was thinking of you today (random I know on Christmas Day). I've had a tricky day with 'D'H. At the time of your original threads - all of them - I was also having a tricky time, but the threads really helped me; we all wanted to be there eating Spangran's paella with you, drinking red wine from Ken's shop. I'm sorry things have got worse and CFNs have disappeared. Hopefully someone will track them down soon. Happy Christmas to you and your Gran and thank you everyone on the original threads for the laughs and giggles - they really cheered me up, when I needed it.

EmmaGrundyForPM · 26/12/2017 07:36

That's appalling. I really hope you get it resolved asap. Best wishes to you and SpanGran

sashh · 26/12/2017 07:43

Hope 2018 is better for you and Span Gran, thanks for the update.

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